CircuitWorks

 

Spending too much time designing PCB boards?

DesignPoint offers installation and training on CircuitWorks, a self-contained mechanical engineering software that is a fully integrated data interface between SolidWorks software and PCB Design systems.

If designing PCB boards has you bogged down, let us help! Running totally inside SolidWorks, CircuitWorks will read an industry-standard IDF file, and produce a SolidWorks 3D Assembly of the PCB board fully populated with all of its components. If a library of electronic components is used, CircuitWorks will use its computer aided engineering tools to "pick and place" components onto the board to produce a very accurate model of the populated board. If a component is not available in the part library, CircuitWorks will use the component footprint and extrude it to the given height.

CircuitWorks supports:

• Board Cut-outs & Mounting Holes
• Plated & Non-plated Holes
• Z-height Filtering
• Filtering by component type

CircuitWorks also gives a bi-directional capability, allowing data from SolidWorks software to be exported out to IDF format. The export facility allows a SolidWorks user to sketch a board outline in the context of an assembly, and export it to IDF. This 3D drafting software is ideal when the shape and size of the board is driven by packaging constraints. Also, once a populated board has been brought into SolidWorks, components can be moved and an IDF file written out showing the new component positions.

• Import and Export neutral files in Intermediate Data Format (IDF).
• Automatically create the board outline, including cutouts.
• Add drilled holes with advanced filtering to the board outline. (IDF only)
• Automatically place all or a filtered set of components on the PCB.

CircuitWorks IDF has been successfully proven with various systems including:

• Orcad
• Mentor Graphics
• Veribest
• CADENCE Allegro
• ACCEL P-CAD
• PADS-pcb

A direct reader for PADS-pcb, and a Zuken-Redac Cadstar to IDF translator are also available.

	For a free CircuitWorks demo, click here or call DesignPoint today at 732-669-0055, 717-397-9707, or 610-355-0551. DesignPoint is a leading resource in the Northeast and middle-Atlantic states, including PA, NJ, Metro NY, DE, and Northern MD.